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TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Business and Commerce Apr 10th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you recall, we publish every year, twice a year, a capacity, demand, and reserve report.
  • Those supply chains have to get redirected back to the U.S. and redevelop, and the capacity has to be
  • On page 12, that's a pretty sobering page of historic resource capacity additions to the ERCOT grid,
  • Even though we're putting 14 gigawatts on the system, the effective load-carrying capacity is about 3
  • Capacity. We've got wide open space.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and first voted out several pending bills. Senate Bill 1612 was reported favorably to the full Senate with objections sent to the local and contested calendar. The committee then adopted committee substitutes and favorably reported Senate Bills 2717, 1468, 1642, and 1789, with 1642 and 1789 sent to the floor. SB 2717 would create the Texas Energy Efficiency Council and add agencies to it; SB 1468 and SB 1642 were discussed as changes affecting utility and insurance-related structures; and SB 1789 would establish pole standards, with the author saying it would clarify PUC authority and create more practical statewide standards. The committee also heard an ERCOT update from Pablo Vegas, who said Texas load growth remains strong but ERCOT is adjusting its large-load forecast downward using historical delays and realization rates for data centers and other large loads. He said the adjusted forecast is still very high, but more realistic for planning, and members discussed reliability, generation timelines, demand response, and the role of Senate Bill 6 in helping model large data centers as flexible load. The committee then took testimony on a series of bills and left most pending after public comment. SB 2629 would allow condominium and property owners associations to hold meetings and vote electronically; testimony supported it as a way to improve access, though some members expressed concern about overuse of virtual meetings. SB 2702 would let nationally certified professionals test backflow prevention assemblies instead of requiring a separate TCEQ license, and was supported as a workforce and public health measure. SB 2167 would let TDLR pause new massage-establishment license applications when an applicant is subject to a human trafficking emergency order or pending SOAH case. SB 2349 would exempt short-term residential leases and certain leasebacks from floodplain disclosure requirements while allowing the notice to be included in the lease packet. SB 2121 would tighten the data broker registry law from the prior session, and SB 2443 would allow TDLR to use electronic delivery for notices and contested-case documents. Additional bills focused on consumer protection, housing, and regulatory administration. SB 2902 would help victims of coerced debt and identity theft stop collection efforts by requiring proof such as a court order or FTC report; advocates said it would protect survivors while still preventing fraud. SB 512 would bar money transmission license holders from fining users for terms-of-service violations in a way that forfeits account funds, and supporters framed it as a protection against private financial penalties. SB 2145 would allow public improvement districts and tax increment finance districts to meet virtually with at least one member physically present, while SB 2268 would give the PUC flexibility to extend Texas Energy Fund loan deadlines in certain cases. SB 1495 would create an advisory board for electric vehicle supply equipment standards, SB 2154 would extend statewide regulation to delivery network companies, SB 2184 would lower the age for pyrotechnic operator and fireworks display licenses from 21 to 18, SB 438 would expand confidentiality protections for SOAH administrative law judges, SB 2211 would treat digital products and desalinated water as industrial products to support combined energy-water projects, and SB 647 would strengthen title-theft protections by improving notice and clerk authority to reject fraudulent filings. Most of these bills were left pending after testimony, and several drew support from industry, consumer, or advocacy witnesses along with some member concerns about electronic meetings, licensing, and data accuracy.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, Entergy's capacity-related costs are determined through a base rate case every four years.
  • Currently, capacity-related costs are set during Entergy's base rate case. conducted every four years
  • This has a 10-day time frame regarding the capacity cost recovery rider being approved or not approved
  • They'll tell you how much capacity, like, for the upcoming year that you have to pay.
  • So the more capacity short they are, the bigger that exposure to the...
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • So no new beds on $259 million, $260 million? Dr. Murray: No. Chair: ... capacity of about 120.
  • Yeah, so it is the physical bed capacity of one facility, and it's the Mart facility is the one facility
  • Yeah, so it is the physical bed capacity of one facility, and it's the Mart facility that was actually
  • Senator Kolkhorst: ...so it is the physical bed capacity of one facility, and it's the Mart facility
  • Senator Kolkhorst: ...so it is the physical bed capacity of one facility and it's the Mart facility,
Bills: SB 1
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • new beds.
  • So if they decide that, okay, hey, Mohave took one of these beds, there's still two beds left, they have
  • So if they decide that, okay, hey, Mojave took one of these beds, there's still two beds left, they have
  • Our three will not qualify for any one of these beds.
  • So, for the very real capacity concerns, thank you.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/16/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's capacity for four beds left.
  • No more additional beds. Staffing is to capacity of bed No more additional beds.
  • Staffing is to capacity, of bed capacity, and is dependent on acuity, and you have to do that or you'll
  • But this is where it starts right here with this bed capacity. Any other county can...
  • But this is where it starts right here with this bed capacity.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Human Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Providing an exception to the current moratorium on youth beds would expand the capacity of licensed
  • beds, 20% increase in community behavioral health hospital beds.
  • 48-hour rule being accompanied by such capacity increases. capacity increases.
  • Capacity cannot be added overnight, but without investing in our beds now, we cannot hope for a improvements
  • for an increase in capacity.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

November 5, 2025 - 03:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • For CSU beds in total... ...billion for CSU beds in total, we fund about 1,347 beds and then 216 short-term
  • So when you total that up, the 50 beds still certainly helped, equaling about 3% more beds to the system
  • So the crisis stabilization unit beds and short-term residential beds, we did see an increase in the
  • this individual and many others sustain detox bed capacity, ensuring that individuals like M continue
  • request for additional beds for that.
Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee met to receive an update from the Florida Department of Children and Families on implementation of House Bill 7021, which revised the Baker Act and Marchman Act and was funded with a $50 million appropriation. Deputy Assistant Secretary Bill Hardin reported that the department has updated reference guides, training, administrative rules, and forms; launched regional behavioral health collaboratives; and created the Office of Children’s Behavioral Health Ombudsman. He said early data show continued declines in Baker Act use, high diversion rates from involuntary examinations through 988, mobile response teams, and care coordination, along with generally positive provider feedback on changes such as allowing psychiatric nurses to initiate emergency treatment orders and clarifying the 72-hour examination period. Hardin also described Marchman Act changes, including a streamlined petition process, remote testimony, improved discharge planning, and a new annual data report. He said the department has completed or is completing multiple training courses for providers and law enforcement, and has adopted or is finalizing numerous rules and forms. He reported that the regional collaboratives are identifying common statewide needs such as service capacity, resource sharing, funding flexibility, and peer support, while the ombudsman office is handling complaints and helping families navigate services. Members asked about whether the current funding is sufficient, future budget needs, outreach for the new ombudsman office, and services for juveniles. Hardin said DCF has posted legislative budget requests for additional forensic FACT services and short-term residential treatment beds, including children’s beds, and noted the ombudsman office is staffed with two FTEs and supported through existing complaint-management and regional systems. He said outreach is being done through regional collaboratives and coordination with other agencies, especially the Department of Education, and that juvenile transport and placement issues have improved with the new law. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Intergovernmental Affairs Mar 11th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And basically they actually have sufficient bed capacity.
  • What we have on paper in terms of bed space and what the actual capacity availability is on any given
  • of beds.
  • Uh, one, you mentioned that y'all are expanding bed capacity, and I, I think you said 45 mental health
  • beds added.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Finance (Part II) Jan 28th, 2025

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have an operational capacity of about 120. If you counted all the beds, probably close to 1,000.
  • We have an operational capacity of about 120. If you counted all the beds, probably closer to 150.
  • We have an operational capacity of about 120. If you counted all the beds, probably closer to 150.
  • Those 300 beds can be used more effectively. Senator: ... capacity is already there.
  • So it is the physical bed capacity of one facility, so the MARC facility is the one that was actually
Bills: SB1
Summary: The committee heard a Legislative Budget Board presentation and then testimony from the Department of Public Safety on the Article 5 public safety budget. LBB said DPS’s 2026-27 recommendation totals $3.7 billion, down from the prior base, while FTEs rise by 856.7. Major items included increased funding for driver license services and customer support, new trooper funding and recruit schools, crime lab operations, border security, and reductions tied to one-time facility, vehicle, and aircraft spending. The committee also discussed new riders, including one to lapse unused trooper funds and require reporting after recruit schools. Members focused heavily on driver license operations, questioning why prior staffing increases and a prior efficiency study had not solved long wait times, high call abandonment, and appointment delays. DPS and LBB said the agency receives about 22,000 calls per day, answers only about 9 percent, and is seeking more staff plus technology upgrades such as automation, kiosks, and better online processing. Senators also raised concerns about rural access, REAL ID document requirements, and whether the department should rethink its processes rather than simply add employees. DPS leadership then described needs for the Williamson County training academy, additional troopers, Capitol and Alamo security, border operations, aircraft and vehicle replacement, and regional headquarters in El Paso and San Antonio. Members asked about Operation Lone Star costs, overtime, pursuit safety, border crime, oilfield theft, and sexual assault kit and toxicology backlogs. DPS said border deployments remain focused on criminal threats, that overtime is partly driven by deployments and staffing shortages, and that the sexual assault kit backlog is down to 118 cases with a goal of zero by April. The committee later recessed and began the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission budget presentation, where LBB outlined a $115.1 million recommendation and noted ongoing costs for the AIMS technology project.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 09/25/25

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:14:54.240> and<00:14:54.880> um<00:14:55.760> capacity for specialty beds
  • and um capacity for specialty beds and um capacity across<00:14:57.199> uh<00:14:57.279> the
  • <00:15:29.760> The um going from 36 beds to 90 beds.
  • The um going from 36 beds to 90 beds.
  • The completion of that project and using all available bed space, we have the capacity to meet our population
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

PBS Public Hearing - Wed Feb 5, 2025 @ 8:30 AM HST

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • :34:57.240> beds room two beds room two beds and<00:34:58.359> then<00:34:58.480> you're
  • c> 1,400<01:15:00.800> of expanded bed capacity for about 1,400 of expanded bed capacity for
  • capacity now.
  • capacity now.
  • We only pay if a bed is filled, so we pay per bed.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The Public Safety Committee held a hearing on House Bill 433, which would appropriate $4 million for Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation re-entry services to connect offenders with community-based services. Director Tommy Johnson said the department supports the bill’s intent but noted the governor’s executive budget already includes $4 million for the same purpose and asked that the measure defer to that budget. Supporters, including the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission, Community Alliance on Prisons, and the ACLU, backed the funding but urged that it be tied to a clear re-entry plan, performance measures, transparency, and regular reporting to the legislature. They emphasized that re-entry should begin at intake and involve community partnerships, housing, treatment, employment, and family reunification services. Committee members questioned the department about current re-entry services, pre-trial detainees, and how the new funds would be used. Johnson said the department’s current statewide re-entry budget is about $1.5 million to $1.7 million, separate from the larger Corrections Program Services Division budget for in-facility programs. He described the proposed $4 million as supporting a mix of services, including a pilot apprenticeship program, substance abuse treatment, navigator or warm-handoff services, and short-term transitional housing. He also said the department already tracks performance outcomes in its annual report and can provide a matrix showing the intake-to-discharge process, program contracts, and volunteer organizations. The discussion also covered pre-trial detainees, electronic monitoring, and mental health services. Johnson said the department has limited jurisdiction over pre-trial detainees but works with courts to seek supervised release when possible; he noted that many requests are denied, though electronic monitoring has improved release rates somewhat. On mental health, he said the jail is not an ideal therapeutic setting for people found unfit to proceed and suggested a secure community-based step-down facility run by the Department of Health for those needing care above what the jail can provide but below forensic-level treatment. No vote or final action on the bill was taken during the hearing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Number two: providing an exception to the current moratorium on youth beds would expand the capacity
  • Capacity cannot be added overnight, but without investing in our beds now, we cannot hope for improvements
  • So now the counties are upset that we as a state don’t have the capacity to commit and have bed space
  • So now the counties are upset that we as a state don’t have the capacity to commit and have bed space
  • So now the counties are upset that we as a state don’t have the capacity to commit and have bed space
Keywords: 1183, house
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Mar 11th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Situation if you'll allow me to expound upon that and basically they actually have sufficient bed capacity
  • We have a paper capacity for our inmates, and I say paper capacity because Mr.
  • Woods indicated... indicated also what we have on paper in terms of bed space and what the actual capacity
  • We'll have a capacity of just under 2,000 beds in our county jail.
  • , but 2,000 beds for us is a lot of beds.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services Apr 8th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • beds from those that are the non-state hospital beds.
  • beds from those that are non-state hospital beds, to specify the beds that are child beds from adult
  • MSU beds.
  • The critical need for increased psychiatric bed capacity is undeniable, and it hits home for my family
  • This bill will require the state to assist inpatient psychiatric bed capacity by region and population
Summary: The committee first took up several pending bills and reported them favorably: SB 968, SB 636 as substituted, SB 1137, and SB 1138 as substituted. Each was advanced by roll call vote, and the committee also recommended the approved bills for the local and uncontested calendar. The chair then moved to the posted agenda and heard SB 719, a mental health bed-capacity study bill by Senator Eckhart, with a committee substitute that refined the data collection to distinguish state and non-state beds, child and adult beds, include two point-in-time counts, and capture jail diversion data. Testimony on SB 719 was largely supportive from Integral Care, NAMI Texas, and the Children’s Hospital Association of Texas, all of whom said Texas needs better data on inpatient psychiatric capacity, workforce needs, and future demand. Several witnesses described long waits for beds, especially for forensic restoration, and argued the study would help target future investments. Senator Perry and others noted the state has already made major investments in new beds and urged the bill to account for beds already coming online; the committee ultimately withdrew the substitute and left SB 719 pending after public testimony closed. The committee then heard SB 1864, which would allow small egg producers to sell ungraded eggs more broadly, including to restaurants and retailers, with the substitute increasing the weekly sales threshold and addressing sanitation and labeling. Supporters said grading is about size, not safety, and that the bill would help small farms reach new markets; opponents from the Texas Poultry Federation argued grading and candling help identify cracks and defects that can affect safety and quality. The committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. It also heard SB 1467, requiring DSHS to share death record information with hospitals for record accuracy and quality review, and SB 912, which would modernize continuing education tracking for health licensing agencies; both bills drew supportive testimony and were left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2023, which would create an HHSC grant program to help counties pay for indigent burial costs, with county representatives testifying in support.
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • There's no beds out there.
  • What's the bed capacity? How many maximum-security facilities do you have? What's the bed capacity?
  • What's the bed capacity? What's your medium? And what's the bed capacity?
  • The capacity data. So all DOC facilities under capacity, but the minimums are most under capacity.
  • So all DOC facilities are under capacity, but the minimums are most under capacity.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The commission on correctional consolidation and collaboration heard testimony focused on how Massachusetts uses custody levels, staffing, programming, and medical release tools, with Prisoners’ Legal Services arguing that the system is overusing expensive high-security settings and underusing step-down options. Dave Rainey said the incarcerated population has dropped substantially over the last several years, but spending and staffing have not fallen in proportion. He argued that DOC overclassifies people into medium and maximum security, relies too heavily on behavioral assessment units that function like segregation, and keeps people in restrictive settings such as Souza-Baranowski and Shattuck Hospital longer than necessary. He also said medical parole is underused and that many people with serious chronic illness or advanced age pose little public-safety risk and should be released through existing legal pathways. Sheriffs and other commission members pushed back on some of those points, emphasizing that staffing needs are driven by the acuity of the current population, that corrections is not overstaffed, and that classification decisions involve serious public-safety judgments. They also stressed that some high-cost medical placements are necessary because people remain under sentence and require care, and that furloughs and other release tools can create security risks if contraband or substance use is involved. The discussion also covered the role of county sheriffs versus DOC in reentry, with several members saying county systems tend to do more day-to-day step-down and release planning, while DOC has more difficulty moving people through lower-security settings before release. Ben Foreman of MassINC offered a more systemwide, data-focused perspective, praising the state’s transparency and arguing that Massachusetts has made major progress in reducing incarceration and increasing public safety. He said the state still has an opportunity to improve by right-sizing facilities, investing in community-based mental health treatment, and using the commission to better understand the capital and operating costs of the current system. In response to questions, he said he was aware of DOC studies on programs like furlough but had not reviewed recent ones, and he noted that total-control facilities like Souza-Baranowski have long been criticized in the research literature for poor outcomes. Nora Wassel of the Women and Incarceration Project then testified that the commission should issue an interim report and scrutinize the planned new women’s prison, which she said is not justified by current population trends or available data. She argued that women are overclassified under DOC’s own tools, that reentry beds and minimum-security placements are underused, and that the system may be failing to account for women’s distinct medical and reentry needs. The meeting ended with continued discussion of reentry, furloughs, day reporting, and whether consolidation should mean fewer facilities, better step-down pathways, or both.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 5, 2025 - 12:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • residential treatment beds, our Marchman Act beds.
  • So though we do pay for crisis beds, we are not the only funding source for those crisis beds.
  • But we coordinated then with the provider that we do fund for those beds, and we increased capacity.
  • We also received one funded CSU bed so that we're able to fund one of our beds.
  • We operate 50 CSU beds, crisis stabilization unit beds.
Summary: The Health Care Budget Subcommittee held a panel discussion on Florida’s mental health and substance abuse system, with representatives from DCF, AHCA, two managing entities, and two providers describing how the state’s behavioral health network is funded and operated. Members focused on the implementation of prior legislative investments, especially the $50 million in recurring funding from Representative Maney’s bill and the earlier $126 million community behavioral health appropriation. Witnesses said the newer funds were used mainly for crisis beds, discharge planning, outpatient services, regional collaboratives, and a USF Marchman Act report, while the larger behavioral health appropriation supported CAT, FACT, FIT, forensic teams, residential and outpatient services, and crisis care, with most dollars going directly to services and only a small share to administration. A major theme was access to crisis care and the role of mobile response teams, 988, and central receiving facilities in diverting people from Baker Act admissions and reducing readmissions. DCF and providers said mobile response teams have expanded, are being used to de-escalate crises and connect people to care, and have shown strong diversion results and reductions in Baker Acts in some regions. Members also asked about waitlists, children in crisis, and how to handle people without housing or support; providers said discharge planning is individualized but often constrained by homelessness, transportation, and a lack of safe placements, and several witnesses identified housing as one of the biggest barriers to recovery and stability. The committee also examined provider sustainability, reimbursement, and funding gaps. Witnesses described delays caused by contract timing, cost allocation rules, and Medicaid reimbursement rates that do not always keep pace with labor and operating costs, especially for smaller providers and rural networks. DCF and AHCA said managing entities can provide advances, retroactive rate adjustments, and technical assistance, and that Medicaid managed care plans have network standards and complaint/dispute processes. Members raised concerns about a reported $7 million loss in federal non-sustainable funds, provider closures, and whether there is a formal ombudsman process for disputes; DCF said the federal reductions were known and tied to one-time funds, and that the department generally handles provider issues informally while working with managing entities to preserve continuity of care.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • That's a scale problem no amount of bed capacity alone can absorb.
  • I think it's 13,000 bed capacity. I think we've got 3,500 people scattered out amongst them.
  • In terms of capacity, the cost to operate that state hospital step-down program is about $492 per bed
  • It's not just about bed capacity, although it is. It's not just about, certainly for...
  • It's not just about bed capacity, although it is.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • licensed beds.
  • excess inpatient beds, which include some of these crisis beds that will be activated.
  • Requiring CDCR to regularly seek these adjustments to the inpatient bed capacity based on the updated
  • bed needs studies.
  • The excess bed capacity in large part is due to the double bunking of beds.
Keywords: 988, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Jan 14th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • and create additional bed capacity for critical behavioral health services.
  • and create additional bed capacity for critical behavioral health services.
  • , 380 beds at Florida State Hospital, and 94 beds at Northeast Florida State Hospital.
  • capacity at a state level.
  • capacity study—and it did point us to the need for additional beds, as you can imagine.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services heard presentations on the governor’s proposed fiscal year 2026-2027 budget for the health and human services agencies. Kendall Kelly outlined the overall HHS budget at $48.5 billion, with AHCA accounting for the largest share, and agency heads then highlighted major proposals for Medicaid behavioral health redesign, APD waiver enrollment and facility needs, DCF child welfare, opioid, and mental health investments, DOEA funding for Alzheimer’s, home care, and community services, DOH funding for cancer research, public health initiatives, and lab capacity, and VA funding for facility improvements, cybersecurity, and medication management. Several members praised specific proposals, including increased reimbursement for private duty nursing, Alzheimer’s supports, and the Florida FIRST blood-in-ambulance initiative. Senators also questioned the proposed changes to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), with the Surgeon General explaining that the department expects a reduction in covered patients from about 30,000 to about 20,000 because of funding pressures tied to rebates, federal changes, and premium tax credit issues. Public testimony strongly criticized the ADAP changes, citing lack of transparency and warning that many patients could lose access to medications. Other questions focused on the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, DCF’s substance abuse and mental health data dashboard, Kids Care/CHIP expansion implementation, APD bed and facility planning, and the FX Medicaid technology project. DCF said about $7 million is set aside for the dashboard system, and AHCA said the governor’s budget includes $124.4 million for FX maintenance and continued module development, with $13.5 million to begin claims processing work. The committee did not take a substantive vote on the budget presentations and adjourned after questions and public testimony.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/19/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • , but also in my personal capacity as a child that grew up with a... ...capacity, but also in my personal
  • They take up 20 beds right now, 20-plus beds at Valleywise, 365 days a year.
  • They take up a bed at Valleywise. We just spent a billion dollars on Prop 409 building more beds.
  • This bill does not, in and of itself, increase bed capacity at the state hospital, but if that is the
  • This bill does not in and of itself increase bed capacity at the state hospital but if that is the intention